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Open For Business: Offering Physical Library Spaces In The Covid Era, Katie Sparks, Hannah Rogers
Open For Business: Offering Physical Library Spaces In The Covid Era, Katie Sparks, Hannah Rogers
Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference
Objective: Our goal was to safely reopen physical library spaces at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library for use by various Emory University user groups including students, faculty, and staff during the COVID pandemic of 2020. Because our university brought a subset of students back to campus, we felt it was important to offer safe, socially distanced seating and workstations in the library.
Methods: In collaboration with Emory University’s environmental and safety health officers, we made determinations of the number of seats that could safely be offered. Seating was removed or cordoned off or otherwise signposted. We implemented a reservations …